✨ Postal and Telegraph Revenue
RETURN of REVENUE collected at the GENERAL POST OFFICE and in the several POSTAL DISTRICTS of NEW ZEALAND for the Quarter ended 31st March, 1897.
| Postal Revenue | Telegraph Revenue | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private Box and Bag Rents. | Money-order Commission. | Stamps sold and credited to Stamp Revenue. | Postal Guides. | Postal-note Commission. | Miscellaneous Receipts (Postal). | Total Postal. | Telegrams.* | Telephone Exchanges. | Miscellaneous Telegraph. | Total Telegraph. | Total Post and Telegraph Revenue. | |
| £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | |
| General Post Office .. | .. | 42 15 0 | .. | 7 10 0 | .. | 15,226 8 6 | 15,276 13 6 | .. | 1,357 15 1 | 39 13 2 | 1,397 8 3 | 16,674 1 9 |
| Auckland .. | 305 0 0 | 665 7 6 | 7,236 6 7½ | 8 8 0 | 109 1 4 | 0 3 7 | 8,324 7 0½ | 4,721 8 5½ | 125 1 11 | 64 0 2 | 4,910 10 6½ | 13,234 17 7 |
| Blenheim .. | 87 0 0 | 54 18 6 | 863 8 8 | 1 12 6 | 11 19 3 | .. | 1,018 18 11 | 446 5 10 | 43 19 4 | .. | 490 5 2 | 1,509 4 1 |
| Christchurch .. | 429 10 0 | 324 9 0 | 5,579 16 11 | 11 14 0 | 64 4 4 | 4 3 0 | 6,413 17 3 | 2,887 15 6½ | 267 2 3 | 124 0 0 | 3,278 17 9½ | 9,692 15 0½ |
| Dunedin .. | 316 0 0 | 327 5 3 | 4,927 16 1 | 7 2 6 | 77 6 7½ | 0 8 6 | 5,655 18 11½ | 3,214 7 6½ | 215 10 2 | 86 0 0 | 3,515 17 8½ | 9,171 16 8 |
| Gisborne .. | 81 10 0 | 46 7 0 | 1,165 18 0½ | 0 18 0 | 5 11 2½ | 0 0 6 | 1,300 4 9 | 514 13 11 | 182 18 4 | 6 10 0 | 704 2 3 | 2,004 7 0 |
| Greymouth .. | 77 10 0 | 82 17 3 | 1,144 2 7½ | 1 16 0 | 12 2 11½ | .. | 1,318 8 10 | 672 9 1 | 23 14 0 | 5 0 0 | 701 3 1 | 2,019 11 11 |
| Hokitika .. | 43 10 0 | 33 2 9 | 431 16 3 | 1 10 6 | 6 12 9½ | .. | 516 12 3½ | 303 2 11½ | .. | 6 0 0 | 309 2 11½ | 825 15 3 |
| Invercargill .. | 285 0 0 | 126 11 6 | 3,022 9 4 | 1 4 0 | 41 13 10 | 0 3 0 | 3,477 1 8 | 1,294 18 3 | 31 6 3 | 64 10 0 | 1,390 14 6 | 4,867 16 2 |
| Napier .. | 320 10 0 | 199 3 6 | 2,766 13 4½ | 2 2 6 | 42 14 8½ | .. | 3,331 4 1 | 1,507 9 5 | 87 2 9 | 29 10 0 | 1,624 2 2 | 4,955 6 3 |
| Nelson .. | 68 0 0 | 69 3 0 | 1,347 17 10½ | 2 3 6 | 14 10 1½ | 0 4 0 | 1,501 18 6 | 428 11 2½ | 4 14 8 | 4 0 0 | 437 5 10½ | 1,939 4 4½ |
| New Plymouth .. | 81 10 0 | 89 14 3 | 1,183 3 2½ | 1 8 6 | 23 12 10 | .. | 1,379 8 9½ | 621 15 10 | 7 19 11 | 5 0 0 | 634 15 9 | 2,014 4 6½ |
| Oamaru .. | 88 0 0 | 44 16 9 | 1,360 19 7½ | 3 4 6 | 13 12 6 | .. | 1,510 13 4½ | 415 10 0 | 12 4 2 | 0 10 0 | 428 4 2 | 1,938 17 6½ |
| Thames.. | 54 10 0 | 206 13 9 | 2,350 5 11 | 1 18 0 | 32 15 6 | 0 5 0 | 2,646 8 2 | 1,278 7 1 | 4 6 1 | 3 0 0 | 1,285 13 2 | 3,932 1 4 |
| Timaru .. | 147 0 0 | 70 7 6 | 2,504 17 3½ | 2 9 6 | 20 9 3 | .. | 2,745 3 6½ | 581 17 3½ | 12 4 4 | 5 0 0 | 599 1 7½ | 3,344 5 2 |
| Wanganui .. | 181 10 0 | 179 3 3 | 4,798 13 3 | 1 12 0 | 46 1 1 | 0 1 0 | 5,207 0 7 | 1,234 6 9 | 19 11 3 | 5 12 0 | 1,259 10 0 | 6,466 10 7 |
| Wellington .. | 544 0 0 | 590 18 9 | 8,032 17 4½ | 5 17 0 | 104 13 11 | 50 10 0 | 9,328 17 0½ | 4,192 9 8 | 207 5 10 | 524 7 6 | 4,924 3 0 | 14,253 0 0½ |
| Westport .. | 38 10 0 | 64 15 3 | 622 4 3½ | 0 3 0 | 11 5 10 | .. | 736 18 4½ | 389 19 6 | .. | 14 0 0 | 403 19 6 | 1,140 17 10½ |
| Total first quarter in 1897 | 3,143 10 0 | 3,218 9 9 | 49,339 6 9 | 62 14 0 | 638 8 1 | 15,282 7 1 | 71,689 15 8 | 24,705 8 4 | 2,602 16 4 | 986 12 10 | 28,294 17 6 | 99,984 13 2 |
| Total first quarter in 1896 | 3,178 0 0 | 2,929 8 7 | 48,088 7 10 | 56 5 0 | 607 4 8½ | 7,384 18 6 | 62,244 4 7½ | 25,315 6 7½ | 2,255 8 1 | 2,168 2 7 | 29,738 17 3½ | 91,983 1 11 |
- The telegraph rates were altered as from 1st June, 1896.
General Post Office,
Wellington, 21st April, 1897.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.
APRIL 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 923
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🚂 Return of Revenue for Postal and Telegraph Services
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Postal Revenue, Telegraph Revenue, Quarterly Report, General Post Office, Postal Districts
- W. Gray, Secretary